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depends on the the species of flatworm. majority are not predatory and thrive on nutrient rich water, and to an extent, light. yes light. they do not eat corals and are just an eyesore.

WOW!!

available from time to time at LCK. requires cool water. warm water will increase metabolic activity and shorten live span. the water has to be cool enough for condensation to take place in ambient temperature....not a nice thing to see..

think he's busy with his new project now

haha! wow never knew that. anyway very nice shipment this time. good assortment of aussie fishes especially the hula fish!! never ever expected that! a rare beauty!

whoever handled this tang like this is very brave! tangs have a very sharp bone at the base of their tail which can cause very painful wounds. especially one this size. becareful!

dunno lei. never go there yet lol. maybe tomorrow after sch i pop by awhile, or this weekend.. trying the choati 1 last time. had some success with my previous 1 if not for the internal problem, it would have survived. hope this batch will pull through.

HUGE copperband. no maginalis

Received a few PMs over the weeks regarding the meaning of cf. inbetween scientific names. decided to do a short but very useful write up on the terminology of "cf", placed between scientific names of fishes, to provide information on this. Ever came across this term and wondered what it is? for example, Cirrhilabrus cf. lanceolatus. cf, means to confer, and means "looks like" in a lose manner. For a fish that is unidentified, be it scientifically a new unid-ed species, or if the LFS or supplier lazy to ID, a "cf." is placed between the genus and the species, of a fish that closely resembles the un-id. for example we have acanthurus leucosternon, the powder blue. a powder blue and powder brown hybrid, maybe a A.leucosternon X nigricans, is caught, and is not ID-ed as a hybrid, but instead, labelled as acanthurus cf. leucosternon. most often, reefers ignore the cf and treat the fish as genus species, instead of genus cf. species. so the Acanthurus cf. leucosternon will be treated as an acanthurus leucosternon. the appearance of the fish differ but people ignore the cf and assume it as the closely resembled species. there are many fishes in our local industry tat uses this "cf." a very very good example is the rosy-fin wrasse and the hooded wrasse. Cirrhilabrus cf. bathyphilus, and cirrhilabrus bathyphilus. The former for rosyfin and the latter for hooded. it has already been scientifically proven that these two fishes are in fact, the same, and have the scientific name labelled C. bathyphilus. so there's no such thing as rosyfin. another good example is the temminkii complex wrasses. There are many temminkii look alikes that are labelled as hybrids or new species, but infact, are just geological variations. and thus the cf comes in handy here, where "looks like" temminkii is stated. there are many more fishes out there with the cf. being used, and i hope this explanation is not too difficult to digest.

Cirrhilabrus Rubripinnis. Red fin fairy. easily overlooked....but a beauty nonetheless. shown here a flashing male on display, and one that is flaring.

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i saw not to my knowledge mah i dunno anyone keep chaoti alive, but its difficult lah since only have very few in a large population of reefers if not for school i also dun need to sleep lor... sian. thanks for the update yah bro. appreciate it ;P crafstman, choatis are around 10 red notes +-

in the aquarium, natural hosts are all thrown back to the sea. it does not really apply.... as long as there is something "hostable", the possibility is there. have seen tomato clowns hosting every kind of anemones, even euphyllias/cataphyllias

15 red notes

has something to do with oxygen nano bubbles..i think..

one of the hardest. easy to feed, very difficult to sustain... usually wither away for no reason. so far no one successful with it yet to my knowledge, despite plenty of specimens being tried.

very nice lol! cant wait to see it in action~

so late haven sleep huh!! nice choati. dunno wan try again or not.....

great thanks

not interested in corals as much as i am in the fishes. lolz

nice paracheilinus lineopunctatus. very flashy specimens these adults. kept 1 before. a stellar beauty when flashing

a clearer photo will hekp greatly.

aussie shipment!!

very good buy. super stable and beautiful.

hha cannot :) precious